Macedonia and its neighbors

Makedonija med balkanskimi sosedi Danes ima Makedonija še vedno težek in nezavidljiv položaj – ne priznavajo ji imena, jezika, državotvornosti, politične integritete. Grki zavračajo ime za državo Makedonijo, makedonski jezik in makedonsko zgodovino od Aleksandra Makedonskega do danesSrbi ne priznavajo makedonske cerkve (kot da je Makedonija poganska država)Bolgari želijo razlagati makedonščino kot bolgarsko narečjeAlbanci želijo tretjino teritorialnega ozemlja (zahodne) Makedonije, kjer živi njihova manjšina, priključiti k svoji državi.Many aspirations to conquer Macedonia and to annihilate it have continued into the present. The Greeks have claimed a legal right to the name Macedonia, the Macedonian language and history ever since Alexander the Great. The Serbs do not acknowledge the Macedonian Orthodox Church, as if Macedonia were a pagan country. The Bulgarians claim that the Macedonian language is a Bulgarian dialect, and the Albanians demand one third of Macedonia (the Western part), which is inhabited by an Albanian minority